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he's heavily outspending santorum in ohio now. and as much as we want to cover what they're talking about in the speeches and all that, those negative ads are very, very effective. >> i had one interesting split in the exit polls in michigan that i thought was interesting. michigan was the first contest where we had one representative from the establishment of the party, mitt romney, and a single representative from the insurgent populaceing. if you look at the exit polls, those who wanted somebody to beat barack obama, they went for romney 61% to 24% over santorum. gwen: electability was the key. >> right. then people who wanted strong moral character, they went for santorum by 4130eu7b9s and people who wanted a true conservative, a 40-point margin for santorum. so you have two parties within -- >> totally. and that's the fight, i mean, that's the fight. which republican party is it going to be? voters 50 and over, mitt romney. 100,000 and over, income $100,000 and over, mitt romney. and, again, electability, mitt romney. moral c
he's heavily outspending santorum in ohio now. and as much as we want to cover what they're talking about in the speeches and all that, those negative ads are very, very effective. >> i had one interesting split in the exit polls in michigan that i thought was interesting. michigan was the first contest where we had one representative from the establishment of the party, mitt romney, and a single representative from the insurgent populaceing. if you look at the exit polls, those who...
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for santorum? gwen: no signs of that yet but i wonder if there are any signs of santorum taking a bead on romney? he really hasn't been that critical of him so far. >> no, indirectly critical. in fact in one of the events in wyndham earlier this week, santorum, he made reference to romney's support for the wall street bailout saying a certain massachusetts governor, you can go look up who that was. but they may also be waiting for romney to inflict the damage unto himself. remember, this was the debate four years ago that was the you're likable enough moment. if they can get under romney's skin enough for him to get angry or to come off more on the attack, then that could also be beneficial to a santorum or a paul. >> the problem for santorum, of course, is the romney campaign and super pac supporting him have shown if they take somebody seriously, they will go after him. they did it with rick perry when he first got in the race. they did it obviously with newt gingrich. i think if you get to a mom
for santorum? gwen: no signs of that yet but i wonder if there are any signs of santorum taking a bead on romney? he really hasn't been that critical of him so far. >> no, indirectly critical. in fact in one of the events in wyndham earlier this week, santorum, he made reference to romney's support for the wall street bailout saying a certain massachusetts governor, you can go look up who that was. but they may also be waiting for romney to inflict the damage unto himself. remember, this...
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is that person rick santorum? >> this idea of a conspiracy, meetings and all that, it is amusing and people feel self important. in the end, it will have no effect. >> are you going? >> no. [laughter] i stick to one conspiracy at a time. i'm with the washington masonic establishment, and that is it. that is my membership. [laughter] the point is this -- perry had his chance in iowa, had his chance in the debates. the most memorable thing he uttered was "oops." with the south carolina, i am not sure what is going other than that he has a lot of money and some hope. it looks as if there is going to be a consensus candidate who will oppose romney, then it would be santorum. it is hard to imagine anybody else imaging right now. >> we had take this week when santorum was talking by john f. kennedy, the meeting with baptist ministers, and he said that when he read, it made him want to throw up. that is the kind of tape that will not play well for santorum. >> colby? >> in addition to the "oops" line, there was his line
is that person rick santorum? >> this idea of a conspiracy, meetings and all that, it is amusing and people feel self important. in the end, it will have no effect. >> are you going? >> no. [laughter] i stick to one conspiracy at a time. i'm with the washington masonic establishment, and that is it. that is my membership. [laughter] the point is this -- perry had his chance in iowa, had his chance in the debates. the most memorable thing he uttered was "oops." with...
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gwen: i don't think santorum saw that coming. >> but i wouldn't count santorum out. he got the big boost from the evangelical leaders in the weekend meeting in texas. james dobson, that's a big deal. >> i heard he did get that endorsement from that group in texas, but there's no real obvious surge that he got from it. some people said he needed a stronger infrastructure. if he had a greater organization within south carolina churches on short notice he might have been able to do more. >> actually, there was some brushback on that. in part because of some of gingrich's top supporters who remember at the meeting came back the next day and at least in an interview with me, told me that the organizer of the evangelical meeting said that should not be construed as an endorsement. >> why isn't rick santorum catching fire in a state like north carolina is on paper he should be an excellent candidate here but for whatever reason -- and i think jeff hit the nail on the head. he's not viewed as a big enough candidate. >> basically he won iowa because he was in everybody's livi
gwen: i don't think santorum saw that coming. >> but i wouldn't count santorum out. he got the big boost from the evangelical leaders in the weekend meeting in texas. james dobson, that's a big deal. >> i heard he did get that endorsement from that group in texas, but there's no real obvious surge that he got from it. some people said he needed a stronger infrastructure. if he had a greater organization within south carolina churches on short notice he might have been able to do...
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as rick santorum showed surprising strength. >> good evening, i am judy woodruff. >> a and i am again eiffel we will have the latest results and analysis on this pbs special report on today's voting from alaska to georgia .. >> mitt romney had hoped to over wellment his rivals tonight, instead he found himself in a fierce struggle with rick santorum. >> romney claimed wins in three states, massachusetts, where he was once governor, and vermont and virginia. but santa santa bested him in the north dakota caucuses and the oklahoma and tennessee primaries. >> and newt gingrich came up with a single win in his home state of georgia. >> one of the night's biggest prizes, ohio, remained too close to call, with santorum and romney in a virtual tie. romney spent this election night in massachusetts and addressed his support in other words boston, here is some of what he said. >> this, it is wonderful to be able to go home tonight for the first time in two months. [ cheers and applause ] >> and what cash ann said it right. what a great night. we are so excited to be in the bay state tonight, c
as rick santorum showed surprising strength. >> good evening, i am judy woodruff. >> a and i am again eiffel we will have the latest results and analysis on this pbs special report on today's voting from alaska to georgia .. >> mitt romney had hoped to over wellment his rivals tonight, instead he found himself in a fierce struggle with rick santorum. >> romney claimed wins in three states, massachusetts, where he was once governor, and vermont and virginia. but santa...
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i think for santorum. santorum looks a romney and looks at the republican party of today and says this is the disconnect. there is no reason why mitt romney should be the nominee of the party. there are some romney people who say it's pretty surprising that he's done as well as he has. and so for santorum again because he's able to keep winning off and on, the incentive was to kind of keep planting the flag for the most conservative sight of the party. >> that's why etch a sketch was such a big moment in the campaign. he's been screaming for months that the emperor has no clothes. and here is evidence that the emperor is naked. gwen: we have louisiana saturday, pennsylvania coming down the road. are there any key moments that will tell us what direction this is going to go and how quickly that might wrap up? >> i go back to wisconsin. wisconsin is a state -- santorum made a good run in michigan, fell short. made a better run in ohio, fell very short and lost that. didn't have a good week in illinois, lost
i think for santorum. santorum looks a romney and looks at the republican party of today and says this is the disconnect. there is no reason why mitt romney should be the nominee of the party. there are some romney people who say it's pretty surprising that he's done as well as he has. and so for santorum again because he's able to keep winning off and on, the incentive was to kind of keep planting the flag for the most conservative sight of the party. >> that's why etch a sketch was such...
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>> i think santorum's folks look at it as a big win for him. they've been able to raise a lot of money and capture the momentum, and the media attention, you won iowa and you didn't find out you won iowa for two weeks, he didn't get the national attention he's getting today so that's a win for him. it does suggest a lot about a lack of enthusiasm for mitt romney. he wasn't able to get his people out. turp out was low in all three of these states. >> ifill: let's walk through the other two state, in minnesota, what did we see happening there? >> well, minnesota-- and this is a caucus state and it's an area where you can't always predict what will happen there? there are a lot of political dynamics in minnesota on both the republican and democratic side. you had two candidates from minnesota running for president before they actually dropped out, tim pawlenty, and michele bachmann. >> ifill: both kicking themselves. >> yes. bachmann has not endorsed anyone, so who knows if that made any difference but rick santorum was able to really deliver here
>> i think santorum's folks look at it as a big win for him. they've been able to raise a lot of money and capture the momentum, and the media attention, you won iowa and you didn't find out you won iowa for two weeks, he didn't get the national attention he's getting today so that's a win for him. it does suggest a lot about a lack of enthusiasm for mitt romney. he wasn't able to get his people out. turp out was low in all three of these states. >> ifill: let's walk through the...
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gwen: is rick santorum surging? >> you've got the moderate primary, which mitt romney are scrumming for and three folks running as strong conservatives. gwen: is newt gingrich fading? >> you don't have to have a nasty, negative, mud-slinging, consultant-driven campaign? i refuse to engage in that kind of politics. gwen: is time running out for michele bachmann and rick perry? the polls tell the tale but finally so will the voters. we preview the iowa caucuses with karen ue multiof "the washington post," jeff zeleny of "the new york times," susan davis of "usa today" and christina bellantoni of cg roll call. >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens frfment our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. to connect our forces to what they need when they need it. >> to help troops see danger before it sees them. >> to answer the call of the
gwen: is rick santorum surging? >> you've got the moderate primary, which mitt romney are scrumming for and three folks running as strong conservatives. gwen: is newt gingrich fading? >> you don't have to have a nasty, negative, mud-slinging, consultant-driven campaign? i refuse to engage in that kind of politics. gwen: is time running out for michele bachmann and rick perry? the polls tell the tale but finally so will the voters. we preview the iowa caucuses with karen ue multiof...
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in 2008, mitt romney played the rick santorum role. rick santorum won in colorado. in 2008, it was romney who ran, because conservatives worried about jm. thought he wasn't the real deal. so they picked romney. part of it also was they didn't play in states as they had in others. they said we did well in florida and nevada. we will do well in michigan and arizona, which are to come. so these three contests aren't as big a deem. but now they are a big deal. >> has romney changed in the face of these challenges or is he basically running the same campaign he always had? >> yes and no. at cpac today he mentioned the word conservative 25 times. so the message s. i'm a conservative. gwen: the speech lasted for 26 minutes. >> exactly. so what he's trying to do, he can't change too much both because that's not in his nature and also when you're one of the big problems conservatives have with him -- and when we say conservatives, it's a broad group. we're talking about vet conservative and also it's geographical. in the midwest and south they have troubles with him but they
in 2008, mitt romney played the rick santorum role. rick santorum won in colorado. in 2008, it was romney who ran, because conservatives worried about jm. thought he wasn't the real deal. so they picked romney. part of it also was they didn't play in states as they had in others. they said we did well in florida and nevada. we will do well in michigan and arizona, which are to come. so these three contests aren't as big a deem. but now they are a big deal. >> has romney changed in the...
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santorum. it was not direct santorum of at -- different rick senator webb. it was not the rick santorum of economic issues. one speech does not make a candidate or even an nomination, but it was a different rick santorum on display. >> he actually gives a good speech, a somewhat optimistic speech about america. we in the media have not really examined them carefully and that is what is about to happen. >> it is coming. general motors, and democrats and republicans have a deal. amazing. >> talking about a payroll tax break or extension of on the planet and its is because the president's economic policies have -- extension of unemployment benefits is because the president's economic policies have failed. i believe that to be the case today. the agreement to stop a tax hike on middle-class americans is a fair agreement that i support. >> the man with the toughest job in washington. every day john boehner house to put together a new coalition in that group of republicans, and he did it because he understood that it was nothing but a killer for his party, at it g
santorum. it was not direct santorum of at -- different rick senator webb. it was not the rick santorum of economic issues. one speech does not make a candidate or even an nomination, but it was a different rick santorum on display. >> he actually gives a good speech, a somewhat optimistic speech about america. we in the media have not really examined them carefully and that is what is about to happen. >> it is coming. general motors, and democrats and republicans have a deal....
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this time romney's firing his mud at rick santorum. and in the end mitt romney's ugly attacks are going to backfire. >> ifill: the pro-romney super pac restore our future is punching back with an ad targeting santorum's congressional record. >> how did rick santorum actually vote? santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times, and for billions in wasteful projects, including the "bridge to nowhere." >> ifill: romney campaigns in his home state tonight, while santorum will be there tomorrow, addressing the detroit economic club. with more on santorum's rise and the battle for michigan voters, we are joined from east lansing by bill ballenger, editor of the "inside michigan politics" newsletter, and here, by dan balz of the "washington post." bill ballenger, the most surprising part of this latest switch in leads is rick santorum in michigan. how's he really doing there? >> it's amazing. he has no presence or history here in michigan at all but he's the unromney. he's the anti-romney within the republican party right now and a poll m
this time romney's firing his mud at rick santorum. and in the end mitt romney's ugly attacks are going to backfire. >> ifill: the pro-romney super pac restore our future is punching back with an ad targeting santorum's congressional record. >> how did rick santorum actually vote? santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times, and for billions in wasteful projects, including the "bridge to nowhere." >> ifill: romney campaigns in his home state tonight, while...
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they are starting to coalesce behind santorum. he received an important endorsement from in evangelical leader in iowa, mr. vander plaats. that is giving some momentum to santorum as well. positive energy as well as a void -- >> whatever is driving it, romney ought to be paying santorum, because he's the perfect blocking guy. a much bigger threat is if rick perry made a comeback. he has spent a ton of money, and aside from this horrible debates, he is a fairly plausible national candidate. >> perry's numbers are rising. >> i know that, but if it wasn't for santorum, his numbers were really rising -- would be really rising and he would be. a. >> colby, could the emergence of rick santorum and the success of ron paul be a good argument for keeping the caucuses in iowa -- both of them have that traditional role. 99 counties, meeting upon meeting, retail voting -- is that going to pay off? >> it is always helpful. whether it is the primary or caucus is, it allows us to have a good look at the candidates and know who they are, what the
they are starting to coalesce behind santorum. he received an important endorsement from in evangelical leader in iowa, mr. vander plaats. that is giving some momentum to santorum as well. positive energy as well as a void -- >> whatever is driving it, romney ought to be paying santorum, because he's the perfect blocking guy. a much bigger threat is if rick perry made a comeback. he has spent a ton of money, and aside from this horrible debates, he is a fairly plausible national...
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this time it wasn't rick santorum's turn to be the front runner -- was rick santorum's turn to be the forerunner. >> i was fighting to save the lives, you are fighting to save the bridge to nowhere -- save the olympics, you are fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> sometimes you take what for the team and you make a mistake. >> "you take one for the team," just what the tea party was waiting to hear. there is a lot of talk about santorum in michigan. as we look at the polls, is the lead isn't to be shrinking. the he heard himself in the debate, mark? >> he did. give him credit for ending a mistake, something very few candidates can do. he heard himself for being on the defensive and falling into senate-speak. "the motion to recommit --" >> without objection. >> eyes just glaze over. republicans ought to be grateful that 305 million people did not watched the debate on wednesday night because not a single one of these candidates is more impressive, where, endicott were sharper than he was 10 months ago. >> nina? >> this is a classic example, santorum, of try to explain the intrica
this time it wasn't rick santorum's turn to be the front runner -- was rick santorum's turn to be the forerunner. >> i was fighting to save the lives, you are fighting to save the bridge to nowhere -- save the olympics, you are fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> sometimes you take what for the team and you make a mistake. >> "you take one for the team," just what the tea party was waiting to hear. there is a lot of talk about santorum in michigan. as we look...
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whats what jimmy carter learned and that is what rick santorum learned. what i would say is, worry less about having fund-raising events all the time and more worry about getting to know yourself, if i was giving some advice you say u need to know yourself, you. >> rose: towed have a tal sense of your own gut, you need to develop a narrative of your own self and how to communicate with that vote, with the voters if you need to learn and be able to connect practice as you go through things in iowa, but don't spend all of this time on fund-raising, don't spend all of this time on searching for the right consultant and all of this time on doing all of these things that campaigns seem to spend way too much time on and basically figure out a development develop of your own self a and say what are moments, debates and other press moments where at those moments am going to be at the top of my payment. if you can do that, you can win this thing without, while being out spent five to one. >> rose: i would add know your country. what would you add to that, david, k
whats what jimmy carter learned and that is what rick santorum learned. what i would say is, worry less about having fund-raising events all the time and more worry about getting to know yourself, if i was giving some advice you say u need to know yourself, you. >> rose: towed have a tal sense of your own gut, you need to develop a narrative of your own self and how to communicate with that vote, with the voters if you need to learn and be able to connect practice as you go through things...
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what effect has rick santorum been on it? >> he's been the beneficiary of the anti-mitt romney sentiment, they was last guy standing against mitt romney. he we shouldn't forget what a huge achievement that is. i remember in december i went to cover a rick santorum event in red oak, iowa, and no one showed up. it was him and me and his driver and the county chairman and this is the guy who won the iowa caucuses, won ten other states and we can only imagine if the dynamic of the race might have been a little different if iowa had counted its votes correctly that night and he had been declared the winner. >> woodruff: and he had gotten credit when it happened. jim o'toole, what would you too old that? you've covered him, what, since he first ran for congress, is that right? >> that's right. he's always been one to run against the odds. i think he had... luck often goes with hard work, no one worked harder than rick santorum in this race and the kinds of lonely stops in iowa that susan described where the norm for him for months
what effect has rick santorum been on it? >> he's been the beneficiary of the anti-mitt romney sentiment, they was last guy standing against mitt romney. he we shouldn't forget what a huge achievement that is. i remember in december i went to cover a rick santorum event in red oak, iowa, and no one showed up. it was him and me and his driver and the county chairman and this is the guy who won the iowa caucuses, won ten other states and we can only imagine if the dynamic of the race might...
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but increasingly, the focus was on rick santorum and mitt romney, after santorum bested the frontrunner in alabama and mississippi. rick santorum celebrated his victories last night in lafayette, louisiana and said they make him the one true conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure... to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election, and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama, who can take him >> suarez: from there, it was off to puerto rico, ahead of the primary there on sunday, with 23 delegates at stake. in san juan, santorum argued again that it's now between romney and himself. romney had sounded confident yesterday, on cnn, before learning that he finished third in both alabama and mississippi. >> senator santorum is at the desperate end of his campaign and is trying in some way to boost his prospects. >> some who are conservative may not be this my cam many but they will be when i face the nominee and face barack obama. and th
but increasingly, the focus was on rick santorum and mitt romney, after santorum bested the frontrunner in alabama and mississippi. rick santorum celebrated his victories last night in lafayette, louisiana and said they make him the one true conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure... to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election, and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a...
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i favor one that has good principles that i can trust. >> woodruff: santorum. >> santorum, right. but i think part of the problem we have in this, i've never seen this many people so undecided this late in the game and i think a lot of that has to do with the massive number of debates that we've had and the forum that the debates have had to where people are attacking each other-- i mean, we're attacking our own. >> woodruff: anybody else on why it's so hard to make a decision this time? i mean, you've touched on the fact that it is hard but any thoughts about why? b.j.? >> mitt romney cannot get past a certain level, and he couldn't-- he couldn't go up against huckabee last time, although he spent gobs and gobs and gobs of money. to me, mitt romney is the status quo in the republican party, and i think a lot of us-- i don't know how many of us are tea partiers or libertarians-- we're dissatisfied with the status quo of the republican party and that's what mitt romney represents. i think that's why there are the fights-- not the infighting but the turmoil in our party. >> woodruff
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the way he went after being rich, if he tries it with santorum, he will get a backlash. >> how does santorum compete with mitt romney? >> he can -- >> he can? >> he cannot compete in money, but there are vicious truths here. romney is very tough, he is the most seasoned candidate, but this was always a very weak field, and a centaur is their last man standing. everybody has had his day. >> i have seen him campaigning. when he goes into this blue- collar vote, it appeals to people. >> it does it really appeal to people, but campaigning -- if you move in the bigger states, you cannot meet everybody. >> we were talking earlier about the gap between rich and poor white males. >> there is a book by charles murray that goes into this were he looks at the growing gap between rich and poor, and he does an interesting thing. he takes race out of it and he just looks at poor whites. they are falling further and further behind rich whites. there is going to be a national debate about why that is, and you'll see the sights of forming. on the left, that they will say it is a lack of economic opportunity,
the way he went after being rich, if he tries it with santorum, he will get a backlash. >> how does santorum compete with mitt romney? >> he can -- >> he can? >> he cannot compete in money, but there are vicious truths here. romney is very tough, he is the most seasoned candidate, but this was always a very weak field, and a centaur is their last man standing. everybody has had his day. >> i have seen him campaigning. when he goes into this blue- collar vote, it...
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i think santorum would like to see that happen again today. the only difference is really when you stop and think about it philosophically there's no reason democrats would really be attracted to rick santorum. >> ifill: how much has mitt romney staked on this win in michigan, his native state and how much hassan tore up spent relatively in terms of time and treasure? >> it looks like romney has outspent santorum about 2-to-1. that sounds like a lot. but guess what. it's not as much as 10-to-1 and 20-to-1 which is about the margin in spending superiority romney had over santorum in all these previous states. santorum kept himself in the race by being able to spend enough to make himself competitive. and then he's relying on the tea partys and the ground game he's mustered to try and put it altogether in one big package today and win the election. >> ifill: it's fair to say there is a very conservative electorate in michigan to make a difference for rick santorum at this point? >> i think so. almost half the voters in michigan today are estimat
i think santorum would like to see that happen again today. the only difference is really when you stop and think about it philosophically there's no reason democrats would really be attracted to rick santorum. >> ifill: how much has mitt romney staked on this win in michigan, his native state and how much hassan tore up spent relatively in terms of time and treasure? >> it looks like romney has outspent santorum about 2-to-1. that sounds like a lot. but guess what. it's not as much...
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you've followed santorum for a long time. is this the appeal to conservatives and talking about social issues? has that been part of who he is for as long as he's been in politics? >> susan is exactly right. i mean, when he started, for example, in 1980 when he defeated an incumbent democrat, no one gave then rick santorum lawyer santorum a chance to win that race in a democratic district. he amassed lots of volunteers many of whom were pro-life. he won his senate seat in 1994 with the help of the christian coalition. he was solidly pro-life. but the fact of the matter is until you get to the late 1990s, it does not become sort of an overarching, over reaching issue, compelling issue. the way it certainly has become in the last decade. he talked about fiscal matters, government reform, tax policy, that's what got him elected in 1990 to the house and what got him elected in 1994 in the senate. the other thing that susan points out that is, i think, very important, he's the only one of the four republican candidates who had the
you've followed santorum for a long time. is this the appeal to conservatives and talking about social issues? has that been part of who he is for as long as he's been in politics? >> susan is exactly right. i mean, when he started, for example, in 1980 when he defeated an incumbent democrat, no one gave then rick santorum lawyer santorum a chance to win that race in a democratic district. he amassed lots of volunteers many of whom were pro-life. he won his senate seat in 1994 with the...
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they seem to be settling on santorum. i was at an event with newt gingrich the other day where he cried when he talked about remembering his late mother. i talked to the iowa woman who was sitting right in front of me. she said that was beautiful. i like a lot of what he said. i said are you going to support newt gingrich? no, i'm going to support rick santorum. i think you do get the sense that santorum has become the last stop for these voters after they went from one to the other. >> ifill: does that mean, stu, as has happened in the past, each of these two frontrunners become targets for everybody else. we heard perry going after santorum and gingrich going after romney. >> this has turned out to be the andy warhol caucuses where everybody has their 15 minutes of fame. it turns out right now that santorum is the last man standing but he's the last man standing because nobody has yet picked apart his record and his experience. that is happening now, as we... as you suggest. it will happen over the next few days and few
they seem to be settling on santorum. i was at an event with newt gingrich the other day where he cried when he talked about remembering his late mother. i talked to the iowa woman who was sitting right in front of me. she said that was beautiful. i like a lot of what he said. i said are you going to support newt gingrich? no, i'm going to support rick santorum. i think you do get the sense that santorum has become the last stop for these voters after they went from one to the other. >>...
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santorum will come back with about a million. and just to make it interesting and issues -- bypass -- bipartisan, barack obama is running ads attacking them. romney and paul put santorum in this rhetorical pincer movement and he didn't quite know thousand handle it, spending on contraceptives and education. i think it may be the words "i took one for the team" may be carved on his political headstone. gwen: and at the same time romney is the one everybody is firing at so how is he doing? >> you would think he would have gained some momentum. the talk of the convention increased. romney made some i guess mistakes that continue to raise questions about his public performance simply as a candidate. he proposed a new corporate tax plan on wednesday but didn't really bring it up that night in the debate which was a great opportunity to do that. he gave a pretty well publicized speech today at the detroit economic club, but there was no news in it. he did finish the speech with a comment that was a motown pander saying that his wife ow
santorum will come back with about a million. and just to make it interesting and issues -- bypass -- bipartisan, barack obama is running ads attacking them. romney and paul put santorum in this rhetorical pincer movement and he didn't quite know thousand handle it, spending on contraceptives and education. i think it may be the words "i took one for the team" may be carved on his political headstone. gwen: and at the same time romney is the one everybody is firing at so how is he...
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. >> woodruff: so, gwen, how worried are the romney people about santorum? >> not terribly yet. i talked to a senior romney advisor today and he said he thinks rick santorum can do reasonably well in new hampshire. santorum pointed out he's been campaigning 30 times, almost as many times as jon huntsman who's basically taken up residence in this state as new hampshire is his last stand. so they expect if rick santorum can do well with the blue-collar crowd with which there's a significant republican vote and they suspect he can do well with catholics. he's, of course, a catholic and very evangelical in his catholicism but also there's a great catholic population here, especially in urban areas here in new hampshire who could be helpful to rick santorum. but mitt romney has a big, big edge here and it's only one week and it takes a lot of money to outrun somebody who's raised as much money and has gotten as much support like mitt romney. >> and with that in mind, jeremy peters, how much money does rick santorum have? what does she in the way of structure? he
. >> woodruff: so, gwen, how worried are the romney people about santorum? >> not terribly yet. i talked to a senior romney advisor today and he said he thinks rick santorum can do reasonably well in new hampshire. santorum pointed out he's been campaigning 30 times, almost as many times as jon huntsman who's basically taken up residence in this state as new hampshire is his last stand. so they expect if rick santorum can do well with the blue-collar crowd with which there's a...
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state ofors santorum's pennsylvania. there is no reason on paper for santorum not to do well there. the feeling is he might lose it to mitt romney because mitt romney will dump a lot of negative ads in ohio. >> to be continued. the culture wars continue unabated. " president obama said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob. >> these are the quotes roger alluded to. you challenge the conventional wisdom that the religious right is a hugely powerful force within the republican party. >> it simply is not. they almost never get the candidate they want. they did not want john mccain. they did not want george w. bush refused to back the anti- abortion amendment. they did not want bob dole who refused to even read the platform of the republican party on abortion. they did not want george h. w. bush, 41, who called them the extra chromosome set. the only candidate they really liked and got was ronald reagan, who rewarded them by going to church approximately once in his eight years in office. i am not saying they're insignificant. i am saying they are not determinative
state ofors santorum's pennsylvania. there is no reason on paper for santorum not to do well there. the feeling is he might lose it to mitt romney because mitt romney will dump a lot of negative ads in ohio. >> to be continued. the culture wars continue unabated. " president obama said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob. >> these are the quotes roger alluded to. you challenge the conventional wisdom that the religious right is a hugely powerful force...
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the candidates, with one exception and that's santorum. most of them really haven't campaigned in this state until the very end. and most voters are hearing about them from what they see on tv. a lot of that is negative. most of it directed against newt gingrich. >> ifill: les we forget, barack obama is also caucusing tonight or at least his supporters are. is there any evidence of a democratic caucus campaign going on? >> woodruff: well, we do run into democrats when we talk to people in cafes. today i was at aaron paul event... actually it was run by young voters to get young people out to vote. a number of young people there who had come to hear romney, paul, bachmann told me afterwards they're for barack obama. so we know there is some obama support here. the obama campaign tells us they have eight campaign offices open in the state. more than any of the republicans. they say they've made 350,000 phone calls. they say they are gearing up and ready to go. and the president is going to be talking to all these caucus sites. they're going
the candidates, with one exception and that's santorum. most of them really haven't campaigned in this state until the very end. and most voters are hearing about them from what they see on tv. a lot of that is negative. most of it directed against newt gingrich. >> ifill: les we forget, barack obama is also caucusing tonight or at least his supporters are. is there any evidence of a democratic caucus campaign going on? >> woodruff: well, we do run into democrats when we talk to...
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they caught the santorum surge. but the point you were making in your conversation with gwen is the salient, judy and that is rick perry and newt gingrich together, together probably scraped together to get maybe as many votes as ron paul and fewer votes than rick santorum. so they have to be staring into their hold card tonight. it's a long long time from the 3rd of january to the 21st in south carolina and the world's going to turn many times. the toughest decircumstance is newt gingrich. me has new gingrich newb?does hd say no more mr. nice guy. calling mitt romney a liar and just go scorch to earth for the next week. if so that could certainly change the dynamic of this race. >> david what do these numbers say to you and particularly i'm interested in what happened to mitt romney. he got this% of th in 24% of thd mike hum be who had 37 percent pemplets hiand yet he's runningn one would assume to iowa republicans. >> demography is destiny. what wewwn%ó saw four years agon the clinton/obama race, there were more
they caught the santorum surge. but the point you were making in your conversation with gwen is the salient, judy and that is rick perry and newt gingrich together, together probably scraped together to get maybe as many votes as ron paul and fewer votes than rick santorum. so they have to be staring into their hold card tonight. it's a long long time from the 3rd of january to the 21st in south carolina and the world's going to turn many times. the toughest decircumstance is newt gingrich. me...
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gwen: he has to shake off santorum first. >> we did it again. gwen: as gas prices soar, the president takes aim at republicans on energy policy. >> when some of these folks were around when columbus set sail, they must have been members of the flat earth society and would not have believed that the world was round. gwen: covering the week in policy and politics, martha raddatz and alexis simendinger and karen tumulty. >> award winning annual is, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. corporate funding is provided by -- >> since 1875, we have been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. from insurance to investment management to real estate and retirement solutions, we developed new ideas for the financial challenges ahead. this rock has never stood still. and that's one thing that will never change. peru detentional. -- prudential. >> we know why we are here, to protect our forces when they need it. >> to help troop
gwen: he has to shake off santorum first. >> we did it again. gwen: as gas prices soar, the president takes aim at republicans on energy policy. >> when some of these folks were around when columbus set sail, they must have been members of the flat earth society and would not have believed that the world was round. gwen: covering the week in policy and politics, martha raddatz and alexis simendinger and karen tumulty. >> award winning annual is, covering history as it happens....
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. >> this week on "inside washington," rick santorum's southern sweet. when will gingrich get the message? >> the elite media's effort to convince the nation that mitt romney is inevitable it just collapsed. >> if i am a weak front runner, what does that make newt gingrich? >> if you give it these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle-class again. >> is there really a war on women? >> we women have a serious problem with the republican party. >> the massacre in afghanistan. and the new hbo movie "game change." >> i never want to deal with that woman again. >> how true enough to live? >> true enough to make me squirm. >> do you know what the fed is? captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> on super tuesday it, mitt romney inched by rick santorum in ohio, a must-win state in the general election. why oh why did he ever leave ohio? ricmitt romney did windy awlaki : this is an american -- win the awlaki : this is an american samoa. >> in both states, conservative candidates th about 50% of the vote, and i
. >> this week on "inside washington," rick santorum's southern sweet. when will gingrich get the message? >> the elite media's effort to convince the nation that mitt romney is inevitable it just collapsed. >> if i am a weak front runner, what does that make newt gingrich? >> if you give it these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle-class again. >> is there really a war on women? >> we women have a serious problem with...
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he also had some negative ads against rick santorum. he has not pulled substantially into the lead here. it's virtually a tie. i mean, there have been a couple of polls in the last three days that have shown mitt romney ahead by two points with the rest undecided pretty much and within the margin of error. that's a heck of a lot better than a week ago but he's not out of the woods yet. >> woodruff: bil ballenger, staying with you, tell us, again, who are the republican voters of michigan? where do they live? what do they care about? who are they? >> well, half the population, roughly, in michigan lives in the metrodetroit area. the three big southeastern counties, wayne, oakland, and macomb, a few fringe counties down there, and the rest of the population is spread over 83 counties. western michigan, around grand rapids, ottawa county, heavily conservative christian, a lot of fundamentalists voters, maybe tea party activists there. that is a kind of treasure trove of votes for somebody like rick santorum who, i think, looks at metrodetr
he also had some negative ads against rick santorum. he has not pulled substantially into the lead here. it's virtually a tie. i mean, there have been a couple of polls in the last three days that have shown mitt romney ahead by two points with the rest undecided pretty much and within the margin of error. that's a heck of a lot better than a week ago but he's not out of the woods yet. >> woodruff: bil ballenger, staying with you, tell us, again, who are the republican voters of michigan?...
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can rick santorum outpace mitt romney? >> senator santorum is getting his moment in the spotlight now. which is a good thing. i hope people take a very close look at his record. if you want a fiscal conservative, you can't vote for rick santorum because he's not. he's not a deficit hawk. gwen: while in washington, congress grudgingly extends the payroll tax holiday. >> the only reason we're even talking about a payroll tax break or an extension of unemployment benefits is because of the president's economic policies have failed. >> this is make or break moment
can rick santorum outpace mitt romney? >> senator santorum is getting his moment in the spotlight now. which is a good thing. i hope people take a very close look at his record. if you want a fiscal conservative, you can't vote for rick santorum because he's not. he's not a deficit hawk. gwen: while in washington, congress grudgingly extends the payroll tax holiday. >> the only reason we're even talking about a payroll tax break or an extension of unemployment benefits is because of...
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which santorum doesn't agree to at all. and that all of those santorum supporters or that most of them will come to gingrich. if you look at the polls, when people are given a second choice, santorum supporters tend to split down the middle, actually. some of them do go to mitt romney. the gingrich campaign hopes that by hammering away at romney actually that will be what they call a dynamic process. that moore and more will end up with gingrich. and finally, there's this interesting sort of double reverse that gingrich himself talked about in florida. he said he doesn't even have to get to the convention with a majority of delegates as long as he can deny mitt romney a majority. then maybe you get believe it or not an actual wide open convention. >> so is that their answer to the results say in florida where romney actually exceeded the combined vote of gingrich and santorum, you could say well, you have gingrich, santorum and paul. and he's under 50% and therefore we can extend this. >> in that sense weirdly enough there'
which santorum doesn't agree to at all. and that all of those santorum supporters or that most of them will come to gingrich. if you look at the polls, when people are given a second choice, santorum supporters tend to split down the middle, actually. some of them do go to mitt romney. the gingrich campaign hopes that by hammering away at romney actually that will be what they call a dynamic process. that moore and more will end up with gingrich. and finally, there's this interesting sort of...
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can rick santorum outpace mitt romney? >> senator santorum is getting his moment in the spotlight now. which is a good thing. i hope people take a very close look at his record. if you want a fiscal conservative, you can't vote for rick santorum because he's not. he's not a deficit hawk. gwen: while in washington, congress grudgingly extends the payroll tax holiday. >> the only reason we're even talking about a payroll tax break or an extension of unemployment benefits is because of the president's economic policies have failed. >> this is make or break moment for the middle class in america. and for folks who want to be in the middle class. gwen: as republicans reject the president's budget blueprint, out of hand. >> dead on arrival. it's debt on arrival. gwen: and iran resurfaces as a nuclear flashpoint. we take you to the strait of hormuz. covering the week, karen tumulty of "the washington post." susan of "usa today." -- susan of "usa today." jackie calmes of "the new york times" and martha raddatz of abc news. >> awar
can rick santorum outpace mitt romney? >> senator santorum is getting his moment in the spotlight now. which is a good thing. i hope people take a very close look at his record. if you want a fiscal conservative, you can't vote for rick santorum because he's not. he's not a deficit hawk. gwen: while in washington, congress grudgingly extends the payroll tax holiday. >> the only reason we're even talking about a payroll tax break or an extension of unemployment benefits is because of...
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romney was hoping to overtake santorum there. he was also favored in massachusetts and vermont and in virginia where some polling stations look like ghost towns. the low turnout was mostly because only romney and texas congressman ron paul qualified for the ballot. paul focused his campaign mostly in the west. he was the only candidate to visit alaska. today he stumped in idaho. >> this is a very special day. idaho is a very special state. we're expecting lots of things to happen. >> woodruff: so the republican hopefuls await tonight's results with only one thing seemingly certain: regardless of the outcome the race will go on for some time yet. >> ifill: for more on the races we are watching most closely tonight, we turn now to stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report" and "roll call" newspaper. and newshour political editor christina bellantoni. we have so much to talk about. let's start with ohio. the prize of the night, christina. what is romney's strength there? what is santorum's strength? it's neck and neck. >
romney was hoping to overtake santorum there. he was also favored in massachusetts and vermont and in virginia where some polling stations look like ghost towns. the low turnout was mostly because only romney and texas congressman ron paul qualified for the ballot. paul focused his campaign mostly in the west. he was the only candidate to visit alaska. today he stumped in idaho. >> this is a very special day. idaho is a very special state. we're expecting lots of things to happen....
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by eight votes. -- beats rick santorum by eight votes. two men will be sentenced for the racially motivated attack. let's stay on that story because at the old bailey courthouse in central london is where the trial of the killers has been taking place. a huge day yesterday. some people have called it a seminal day. >> it was a huge state. for the lawrence family, they saw it as justice for the last man involved in the fatal attack on their son. also a big day because it enabled all of us to look at what policing was like then. the saving of the police said that point and how much they have changed since then, being chain -- shamed and changed their ways so black britons have access to justice that perhaps they did not 18 years ago. the sentencing is today. in about an hour, the justice who provided -- presided over the trial will hand down the sentences. >> there are three others who have been in the frame as well. what sense did you get from the police that they would actively continue to pursue the case against any other individuals? >>
by eight votes. -- beats rick santorum by eight votes. two men will be sentenced for the racially motivated attack. let's stay on that story because at the old bailey courthouse in central london is where the trial of the killers has been taking place. a huge day yesterday. some people have called it a seminal day. >> it was a huge state. for the lawrence family, they saw it as justice for the last man involved in the fatal attack on their son. also a big day because it enabled all of us...
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he came within -- rick santorum. he came within eight votes of mitt romney with the support of evangelical christians. >> i offer a public thanks to god. [applause] >> as the race moves on, who are the names to watch? there is mitt romney, a businessman who governs massachusetts. rick santorum is a close second. ron paul woods/government spending. -- newt gingrich is hanging on in fourth. these contest are charmingly simple. grass-roots democracy in the world's only superpower. iowans are voting on values beat barack obama. >> i am supporting mitt romney because i think he has the best chance to win the general election. >> i am supporting rick santorum. >> for some candidates, like michele bachmann, iowa was the last dance. she dropped out today. >> last night, the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice. i have decided to stand aside. i believe we must rally around the person that our country and our party and our people select to be that standard. >> they have already moved on to new hampshire, which votes ne
he came within -- rick santorum. he came within eight votes of mitt romney with the support of evangelical christians. >> i offer a public thanks to god. [applause] >> as the race moves on, who are the names to watch? there is mitt romney, a businessman who governs massachusetts. rick santorum is a close second. ron paul woods/government spending. -- newt gingrich is hanging on in fourth. these contest are charmingly simple. grass-roots democracy in the world's only superpower....
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>> rick santorum blew michigan. he will look back on michigan as the missed opportunity of his public career. david is right, abandoning the very narrative that brought him to where he was it's grandson of the miner, the blue collar republican who was concerned with manufacturing, for those who weren't part of the country club set. and he did that-- this isn't a man with a chip on his shoulder. he has a two by four on his shoulder. he accuses the president of snobbery for wanting people to go to college. and many of the people he's trumpeting as heroes, those who spend long days and difficult physical labor want-- most want their children to go to college. and then doing the unthinkable-- attacking the icon of john kennedy before the houston ministers one at a time of anti-catholicism in the country when there was a lot of it, he, the first catholic ever elected, had to go into foreign, alien territory and make the case that the pope wasn't packing up to move to the white house accomplished it without losing his int
>> rick santorum blew michigan. he will look back on michigan as the missed opportunity of his public career. david is right, abandoning the very narrative that brought him to where he was it's grandson of the miner, the blue collar republican who was concerned with manufacturing, for those who weren't part of the country club set. and he did that-- this isn't a man with a chip on his shoulder. he has a two by four on his shoulder. he accuses the president of snobbery for wanting people...